At least for one, I can say that my entire music collection was purchased with my own hard earned cash, including some of the albums from the instructors here at GMC. For me, fifteen bucks isn't all that much money if not more than to say thank you to the artist who worked so hard to produce it. My music collection is not exactly huge, but for me it's fun and good to know that I bought each song/album for a reason whether it be because I know or have associations with the artist, or just because I liked one of the songs that I heard on the radio. Each item in my collection carries with it a memory of some sort. I don't think you can get that sort of thing by downloading in mega proportions.
The digital age has surely changed a lot with regard to how any kind of media is distributed and sold. Bon Jovi has a good song called "Last Man Standing" that talks about that somewhat. "The last man standing. Step right up, here's your new career. The last man standing, come and see, hear, feel ... the real thing." Actually, I think he's talking more about something that the digital age can never replace and that is
live music.
So, from me to you, I would make a request that you keep on playing.
Play it live. No-one can take that away from you. Live music is another part of music that's getting murdered by the digital age too. All in all, I've got to agree that for commercial success in music, we've got to come up with a new business model that embraces the ease with which media can be distributed. I can't say that I have any answers though. Maybe I could write a song about it or something.
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